KR20010068053A - System and method for managing buying/delivering of products in on-line - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A purchase and delivery task management system and method is provided to enable a user to purchase a plurality of products and conserve the products in a virtual warehouse over an online network, and to input addresses of receivers later so that it can reduce a warehouse cost. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a purchaser terminal(10), a virtual warehouse database(20), a receiver terminal(20) and a management server(31). The purchaser terminal(10) enables a user to input purchase specifications. The virtual warehouse database(35) stores the data on the purchased products. The receiver terminal(20) enables the product receiver to input the place and the date of the delivery. The management server(31) receives the purchase specifications from the purchaser terminal(10), performs the purchase task, stores the purchased product data at the virtual warehouse database(35), receives the delivery data from the receiver terminal(20), and orders the product delivery to a delivery company.

Description

System and method for managing buying / delivering of products in on-line}

The present invention relates to a system and method for managing a purchase / delivery operation of a product online, and more particularly, a product purchase / delivery management system and management for receiving a product at a desired destination and delivery date. It is about a method.

Ordering certain products online and delivering them online are commonly used on Internet sites such as shopping malls. According to such a purchase / delivery method, when a buyer connects to an internet site where products are sold online, inputs a product to be ordered, the quantity and delivery address, and pays the price using a predetermined online / offline payment method, The operator of the Internet site checks the order history and whether the payment is made and then delivers the goods to the delivery address.

However, according to the general online product purchase / delivery method, it is inconvenient for the buyer to input the delivery address, the delivery date, etc. together with the selection information about the product to be purchased. That is, when a buyer purchases a product for delivery to another person, according to the general conventional purchase / delivery method as described above, a delivery address such as an address of a recipient of a product to be delivered at the time the buyer applies for a purchase, and the recipient of the product Since it is necessary to input information about when you want to receive such information, there is an inconvenience in that information such as a delivery address and a delivery date and time must be obtained in advance.

In particular, when providing a promotional product to a large number of customers, such as an insurance agent who sells insurance products, it is not easy to obtain accurate information about the customer's address and update it, so it can be accurately promoted to many customers. It is difficult to deliver the goods.

In addition, when a buyer, such as an insurance agent, wants to deliver a large number of products to a large number of customers, the buyer must first purchase the product online, store it, store it, and bring it to the customer with the required quantity. Therefore, when a purchaser buys a large amount of goods, it is inconvenient to store and manage them separately.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable the buyer to collectively store and manage the goods purchased online, and to allow the customer to select a delivery history for the goods. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the logistics cost from the buyer's point of view and to provide a product purchase / delivery management system and method for receiving the goods at the desired place and time from the recipient's point of view.

1 is a schematic diagram of a purchase / delivery management system according to the present invention,

2 is a flowchart of a purchase operation using the purchase / delivery management system shown in FIG. 1;

3 is an exemplary diagram of an HTML screen provided by a manager system for a product purchase operation;

4 is a flowchart of a delivery operation using the purchase / delivery management system shown in FIG. 1, and

5 is an exemplary diagram of an e-mail transmitted to a delivery terminal.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: Buyer terminal 20: Recipient terminal

30: manager system 31: manager server

33: product database 35: virtual warehouse database

40: Merchant System

The goods purchase / delivery management system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, Buyer terminal for inputting a purchase history including the type, quantity, price of goods to be purchased; A virtual warehouse database for providing a virtual goods storage warehouse for the purchased goods by storing data about the goods purchased according to the purchase history; A receiver terminal for a recipient to receive a predetermined product among the goods in the virtual warehouse database to input a delivery history including a delivery address and a delivery date of the predetermined product; And performing a purchase operation according to the purchase history on a seller system that receives the purchase history from the purchaser terminal and sells the product, stores the product purchased as a result of the purchase operation in the virtual warehouse database, And a manager server that provides the delivery details to a predetermined shipper so as to perform a delivery operation corresponding to the delivery details inputted from a receiver terminal.

The recipient terminal sends an email requesting the input of the delivery details. The e-mail includes a link menu so that the receiver terminal can access the manager server and transmit the delivery details to the manager server. The link menu is preferably provided with an authentication password that can be authenticated by the manager server.

The manager server provides the buyer terminal with the delivery details input from the recipient terminal, and transmits the delivery details to the seller system when an approval signal for the delivery details is input from the buyer terminal.

According to the purchase / delivery management system as described above, since the purchased goods can be stored in a virtual warehouse and managed online, there is no separate space and cost for the management of the purchased goods. In addition, since the purchaser or the person who actually receives the goods can later input the delivery details such as the delivery address and the delivery date and time, the promotional goods can be accurately transmitted to many customers.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, there is provided a purchase / delivery management method of the goods performed by the purchase / delivery management system as described above.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of a purchase / delivery operation management system according to the present invention. The product purchase / delivery operation management system according to the present invention includes a purchaser terminal 10 for a purchaser of a product to input a purchase history, a recipient terminal 20 for the recipient of the product to input a delivery history, and a purchase / delivery operation. It consists of a manager system 30 which manages related work.

The purchaser terminal 10 is a terminal used by a buyer of a product such as an insurance agent, and the buyer inputs a purchase history of the product through the terminal. The purchase history includes information such as the type, quantity, and price of the product. The purchase history input to the purchaser terminal 10 is transmitted to the manager system 30.

Recipient terminal 20 is a terminal used by the recipient of the product, such as the customer of the insurance company, the recipient inputs the delivery history of the product through this terminal. The delivery history includes information such as the destination to which the product is to be delivered and the delivery time of the product. Delivery history input to the receiver terminal 20 is transmitted to the manager system (30).

The manager system 30 includes a manager server 31 capable of communicating with the purchaser terminal 10 and the receiver terminal 20 via the Internet 50, and a list of products that the purchaser can purchase through the purchaser terminal 10. A virtual warehouse providing a virtual warehouse for the purchased goods by storing data about the purchased goods according to the purchase history inputted from the purchaser terminal 10 and the goods database 33 providing the manager server 31 It consists of the database 35. The manager server 31 receives a purchase history from the purchaser terminal 10, performs a purchase operation according to the purchase history on the seller system 40, and stores the purchased product as a result of the purchase operation in the virtual warehouse database. In addition, the manager server 31 provides a delivery person with a delivery history to perform a delivery operation corresponding to the delivery history input from the receiver terminal 20, as described below.

The seller system 40 is composed of seller servers 41 owned by a plurality of sellers, respectively. The seller server 41 provides the manager server 31 with a list of salable goods stored in the distribution warehouses 45 owned by each seller, and the manager server 31 refers to such a list. The list of purchaseable goods stored in the product database 33 is updated. In addition, the seller server 41 transmits and receives data regarding the purchase of goods with the manager server 31. That is, when the manager server 31 transmits a purchase request of a product to the seller server 41, the seller server 41 transmits to the manager server 31 whether to approve the purchase. Accordingly, the purchase operation is performed, and the manager server 41 stores the data on the purchased product as a result of the purchase operation in the virtual warehouse database 35. Although not shown in the figure, data transmission and reception between the manager server 31 and the seller server 41 is also performed online via the Internet.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a purchase process of a product performed through the purchase / delivery management system shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an exemplary view of an HTML screen provided by a manager system for a product purchase operation.

First, the purchaser accesses the manager server 31 through the Internet 50 using the purchaser terminal 10 (S210). The manager server 31 provides a list of products stored in the product database 33 to the purchaser terminal 10 through the Internet 50 (S220). As shown in FIG. 3, the HTML screen providing a list of goods includes a part for providing a product name, a photo, and a description of the goods for a plurality of goods, and icons for providing various functions to a buyer. . When the buyer clicks 'buy' among the function icons (S230), an input operation for purchasing a product is started.

The user inputs a purchase history by inputting a product name, price, quantity, etc. of the product to be purchased (S231), and pays the purchase price using an online or offline payment means (S232). The manager server 31 checks the purchase history of the goods input from the buyer terminal 10 and whether or not the payment is made, and then purchases the goods (S233). In the purchase of a product, the manager server 31 transmits a product purchase intention to a corresponding seller server 41 in the seller system 40, and the seller server 41 receiving the product purchase intention sends a product purchase approval message thereto. By sending it.

The purchased product is stored in the distribution warehouse 45 without being moved or delivered at the purchase operation stage, and the manager server 31 stores the data about the purchased product in the virtual warehouse database 35. (S234). Whether the purchase of the product is established or not, the manager server 31 sends a separate message to the purchaser terminal 10 or notifies the buyer, or the buyer connects to the manager server 31 through the purchaser terminal 10 and the virtual warehouse database 35 You can check it by inquiring the history stored in).

In addition to 'buying', the HTML screen that provides a list of products provides 'add to cart' and 'add to catalog'. When the buyer selects 'add to cart' (S241) and selects a product to add to the shopping cart, the selected product is input to the purchase target list (S240). By using these functions, the buyer can inquire about the products he is going to purchase afterwards using a function such as 'shopping cart'.

In addition, when the buyer selects 'add to catalog' (S250) and selects a product to be included in the catalog (S251), the buyer will produce or update the catalog of the product to be sent to the product receiver (S252). The data related to the catalog produced or modified by the buyer is stored in the virtual warehouse database 35 or a separate database.

When the purchaser terminal 10 is logged out of the manager server 31 after the operation such as 'purchase', 'add to cart', or 'add to catalog' is completed (S260), the purchase of the product by the purchaser terminal 10 The purchase is completed. Accordingly, the purchaser can purchase a plurality of products while the input of information on delivery status, delivery address, and delivery date is reserved for a desired product, and a virtual warehouse can be made without a separate storage place for the purchased product. Through the database 35 it is possible to store and manage the goods.

4 is a flowchart of a delivery operation for delivering a product to a recipient of the product using the purchase / delivery management system shown in FIG. 1.

When the manager server 31 receives the access signal (S410), the manager server 31 checks whether the connected terminal is the purchaser terminal 10 (S430) or the receiver terminal 20 (S460). Whether or not the purchaser terminal 10 (S430) can be determined based on whether the ID and password transmitted from the purchaser terminal 10 is already registered, whether or not the receiver terminal 20 (S460) will be described later. As can be determined using the authentication password or the like.

If the connected terminal is the purchaser terminal 10, the purchaser determines whether the goods are delivered by the purchaser via the purchaser terminal 10, that is, whether the user inputs the delivery details directly or by the receiver. Select whether or not (S440).

If the buyer chooses to deliver, the buyer inputs the goods to be delivered by the recipient, the destination of the goods, and the delivery date and time of the goods (S441). The manager server 31 transmits the shipping details input by the buyer to the seller system 40 (S442), and the seller system 40 provides this information to the shipper who actually delivers the goods. Accordingly, the deliverer delivers the goods to the recipient offline according to the delivery history.

When the recipient selects a method of inputting the delivery history, the buyer selects a specific product to be delivered, or selects a catalog of goods so that the recipient can select a product to be delivered from a plurality of product groups (S451). As described above, the catalog is selected from a plurality of catalogs previously prepared by the buyer on the catalog production menu.

The buyer transmits an e-mail to the receiver terminal 20 notifying that the receiver can receive one of the goods selected in the catalog or the product in the catalog (S452). This e-mail can be sent directly to the buyer from the buyer terminal 10, or if the buyer enters the information on the recipient and the selection information about the product or catalog as described above, the buyer server 31 is the buyer; It can also be sent directly to the terminal (10).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the catalog 60 included in the above-mentioned e-mail. The catalog 60 included in the e-mail transmitted to the recipient terminal 20 provides a link menu that the recipient terminal 20 can link to the administrator server 31, along with information on the greetings and merchandise for the customer. The link icons 61 and 63 are included. Therefore, the recipient can select the product he / she wants to receive by clicking the link icons 61 and 63 in the catalog 60 output to the receiver terminal 20. At this time, an authentication password that can be authenticated by the administrator server 31 is added to the link menu. Therefore, the manager server 31 can confirm that the customer selected by the buyer by confirming the authentication password.

The procedure of determining whether the receiver terminal 20 in step S460 described above is performed by determining whether the authentication password as described above is added to the access signal connected to the manager server 31. After it is determined that the terminal connected to the manager server 31 is the receiver terminal 20, the receiver inputs delivery details such as a delivery address, a delivery date and time through the receiver terminal 20 (S461). The input delivery history is transmitted to the manager server 31, and the manager server 31 transmits the delivery history to the buyer to obtain the buyer's approval (S462). The delivery of the delivery history to the buyer, the manager server 31 directly sends the e-mail to the buyer terminal 10, the manager server 31 of the pre-registered buyer by using a short message service (SMS), etc. The method of notifying a mobile phone can be employ | adopted.

The purchaser accesses the manager server 31 using the purchaser terminal 10, enters a menu prepared separately for approval of the delivery, and inputs the approval of the delivery. If the delivery is approved by the purchaser (S463), the manager server 31 transmits the input delivery history to the seller system 40 (S464). The shipper who directly delivers the goods can search the seller system 40 to know the delivery details, and can deliver the goods to the recipients according to the delivery details.

According to the present invention, the purchaser can conveniently purchase a plurality of products online, and can store the purchased products in a virtual warehouse and manage them online so that no space and cost for managing the purchased products are incurred. Will not. In addition, the purchase operation of the product and the input of the delivery history are separated in time and space so that the purchaser or the actual recipient of the product can enter the delivery details such as the delivery location and the delivery date and time later, so that the product can be accurately promoted to many customers. There is an advantage that can be transmitted.

Claims (12)

In the purchase / delivery system for managing the purchase / delivery of goods online, A purchaser terminal for inputting a purchase history including the type, quantity, and price of the product to be purchased; A virtual warehouse database for providing a virtual goods storage warehouse for the purchased goods by storing data about the goods purchased according to the purchase history; A receiver terminal for a recipient to receive a predetermined product among the goods in the virtual warehouse database to input a delivery history including a delivery address and a delivery date of the predetermined product; And The purchaser receives a purchase history from the purchaser terminal and performs a purchase operation according to the purchase history for a seller system selling the product, stores the product purchased as a result of the purchase operation in the virtual warehouse database, and receives the recipient. And a manager server providing the delivery details to a predetermined shipper so as to perform a delivery operation corresponding to the delivery details inputted from a terminal. The method of claim 1, The receiver terminal, the purchase / delivery management system, characterized in that the e-mail is sent requesting the input of the delivery history. The method of claim 2, The e-mail, the purchase / delivery management system, characterized in that includes a catalog for providing information on a plurality of products of the goods in the virtual warehouse database so that the recipient can select the desired product. The method according to claim 2 or 3, The e-mail is a purchase / delivery management system, characterized in that the receiver terminal has a link menu to connect to the manager server to transmit the delivery history to the manager server. The method of claim 4, wherein The link menu is a purchase / delivery management system, characterized in that an authentication password that can be authenticated by the administrator server is added. The method of claim 1, A merchandise database for storing details of merchandise available for purchase by the manager server from the merchant system; The manager server provides the product details in the product database to the purchaser terminal connected thereto. The method of claim 1, The management system, the purchase / delivery management system, characterized in that for transmitting the product from the receiver terminal to the seller system, so that the seller system can directly deliver the goods to the delivery destination. The method of claim 7, wherein The manager server provides the delivery history input from the receiver terminal to the purchaser terminal, and transmits the delivery history to the seller system when an approval signal for the delivery history is input from the purchaser terminal. Purchase / delivery management system. In the purchase / delivery management method for managing the purchase / delivery of goods online, A first step of inputting a purchase history including a type, quantity, and price of a product to be purchased to a manager server through a purchaser terminal; A second step of performing, by the administrator server, a purchase operation of the product according to the purchase history input through the purchaser terminal, for the seller system selling the product through the Internet; A third step of storing, by the administrator server, data on the goods purchased as a result of performing the purchase operation in a virtual warehouse database; A fourth step of receiving, by the recipient terminal, a delivery history including a delivery address and a delivery date of the predetermined product, to the manager server, by a recipient who receives a predetermined product among the products in the virtual warehouse database; And A fifth step of providing the delivery history to a predetermined shipper so that the delivery history corresponding to the delivery history can be performed as the delivery history is input from the receiver terminal. How to manage. The method of claim 9, After performing the third step, the purchase / delivery management method characterized in that it further comprises a step 3-1 for sending an email requesting the input of the delivery to the recipient terminal. The method of claim 9 or 10, After performing the fourth step, Step 4-1 of transmitting the delivery details inputted to the manager server to the purchaser terminal; Step 4-2 for transmitting the approval signal for the delivery history from the purchaser terminal to the manager server; The fifth step is performed when the approval signal is input to the manager server. The method of claim 9 or 10, The fifth step, the purchase / delivery management characterized in that it comprises the step of transmitting the delivery history from the manager system to the seller system via the Internet, so that the seller system can deliver the goods to the shipping destination. Way.